Cosby Trial: State Closes Case in Involuntary Manslaughter
In Jackson Circuit Court the state rested its case in the Cosby involuntary manslaughter trial over the June 10 death of Tom Paul Jones. Witnesses recounted the May 28 coal car shooting. Jones died at Sehneck Memorial Hospital. Jones’s mother identified clothing and described his trip to Indianapolis for the 500 race. a death statement admissibility question followed.
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C. N. Cosby
Tom Paul Jones
Harlan
Kentucky
Pennsylvania Railroad
Coy Goforth
Indianapolis
Goforth
Jones
Sehneck Memorial Hospital
Julius Harlow
Melvin Jerrell
David Long
H. P. Graesele
J. M. Jones
Tom Paul
Young Jones
Long
Methodist speaker leads Columbus First Church meeting
The Rev. S. L. Martin of the Seymour district spoke at a congregational gathering of the First M F Church in Columbus on a Wednesday night. He was joined by Mrs. Martin and daughter Louise. Dr. F L Hutchens, former district superintendent and current Columbus pastor, presented a year ahead plan for the church.
Columbus Boys' Club glee club hosts Christmas carols
Charles Sewell of Columbus directs the glee club from the Columbus Boys' Club. They perform a thirty minute program of Christmas carols in downtown Columbus shopping district Saturday night at 7 30 in the business section to entertain shoppers.
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Charles Sewell
Columbus
Seymour
Columbus Boys’ Club
Lonslness
Columbus Man Dies of Spinal Meningitis at Indy Hospital
Melvin Williams twenty one employed at Columbus Noblitt Sparks plant died Wednesday night at Robert Long Hospital Indianapolis. He lived at Flatrock and the case was reported as the only one there for many months.
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Columbus
Melvin Williams
Columbus Noblitt- Sparks
Robert Long Hospital
Indianapolis
Flatrock
Minister's Brother Dies in Germany
The Rev. F. J. Wiegand of West Tipton street received word that his brother Henry Wiegand died in Frankfort on the Main Germany after illness. He had recently learned of the death of his sister in law Mrs John Wiegand in Germany. The clergyman left Germany as a boy and has since lived in the United States.
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F. J. Wiegand
West Tipton Street
Henry Wiegand
Frankfort-on-the- Main
Germany
Wiegand
John Wiegand
United States
Christmas rush tightens as city shops stay open late
Shoppers flood stores in a late pre Christmas rush as merchants report strong demand across all lines. Acting postmaster Walter H. Droege warns mailing conditions are congested and urges sending cards or gifts early. Air mail advised for distant points and special delivery for gifts not guaranteed by Christmas. No regular mail delivery on Christmas Day. The local post office buzzed with residents lining up.
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Walter H. Droege
Winter Cold Grips Town With Frigid Ten Degree Night
Snow flurries and a stiff wind chill the area to ten degrees above zero as Christmas approaches. Residents brace for winter with clear spells between flurries and continued cold.
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Mercury
Indiana Roads Claim Six Lives In Snow Tangle
AP reports highwave pavement and snow left Indiana motorists and pedestrians dead or injured in thirty six hours. Claude Summers fifty five died in a collision with a wagon on State Road 62 near New Albany. Dr. C C Irion driver of the auto bonds pending coroner’s inquest. Enoch Collins forty died after his car struck a telephone pole near Vincennes. Frank Allen fifty of Tonia Michigan and August Craft forty five of Tonia were hurt when their Studebaker trip met trouble near Elk Heart. Blinding snow reduced visibility across the state.
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Associated Press
Indiana
State Road 62
New Albany
Claude Summers
Summers
CC. Irion
Enoch Collins
Loogootee
Vincennes
Collns
Terre Haute
Elkhart
Frank Allen
Tonia, Mich
Studebaker Corporation
South Bend
August Craft
Tonia
Chester Fowler Captures Jackson County Corn Title
Chester Fowler of Ewing rural route 1 won top honors at the Jackson county corn show held Thursday and today at the Farmers' Club. Judges included Edward Lux of Waldron. Purdue experts M. O. Pence and C. T. Gregory spoke at the county corn school accompanying the event. Fowler's ten Yellow Dent ears won open Class A and the Sweepstakes for best ten ears, then Grand Sweepstakes for best ten ears overall. Harold Brackemyre of near Seymour won Class C 4-H with ten Yellow Dent ears and the 4-H Sweepstakes, plus a premium for 4-H club achievement.
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Chester Fowler
Ewing
Jackson County
Farmers’ Club
Edward Lux
Waldron
Shelby County
M. O. Pence
Department of Soils and Crops
Purdue University
C. T. Grregory
Purdue
Mr. Fowler
Harold Brackemyre
Seymour
Cedric Fowler
Wilbert Otte
Everett Otte
Ralph Woodard
Ben Spray
Income Tax Returns Due Soon Across State
Taxpayers with over 1000 dollars in income must file annual returns covering 1935 income. Forms and information returns will be distributed through 142 auto license branches and about 200 distribution points, with offices in the Statehouse and guidance from Clarence A. Jackson, director. Officials expect more returns this year after 302,000 were filed previously.
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Clarence A. Jackson
Statehouse
Former local woman locates her father after thirty-five years
Kerry Gerdin of 4436 Summit Street traveled to Wheeling Indiana to find James W Kingery, her father she had not seen since her parents divorced when she was eight. She and her husband Addo E Gerdin had spent twenty four years in search through Indiana and neighboring states. Despite several Kingery leads none matched until the reunion in Wheeling.
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Kansas City
Star
Kerry Gerdin
Summit Street
Wheeling
Ind
James W. Kingery
Frances Kingery
Leavenworth
Kas
Addo E. Gerdin
Gerdin
Indiana
Mile of Pennies Day Arranged in Jackson County
Jackson countys second annual mile of pennies day will be held Saturday to support the Tuberculosis Association Christmas seal sale. Schools and the public may donate any amount by placing pennies on a marked line, with a silk flag prize for the top per capita contributor and Boy Scouts aiding in the downtown section.
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Jackson County
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
W. H H. Hughes
Inspectors Check School Buses Across Indiana Counties
State police patrolmen braved the cold at Seymour and checked buses in Jackson Pershing Pershing township Freetown Scott Brown Floyd and Floyd counties. Eugene Vance led Jackson county inspection and reports from Brown Floyd and other counties followed by officers C J Tucker M Turner and Frank B K Gray.
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Indiana State Police
Seymour Police Barracks
Eugene Vance
Jackson County
Pershing Township
Freetown
Frank BK. Gray
Scott County
Harry McMillan
Brown County
C. J. Tucker
M. Turner
Floyd County
Willam Crane Returns Home From Hospital Stay
Willam Crane of Jonesville is back home after treatment at Schneck Memorial Hospital for injuries from an automobile accident suffered some time ago.
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Willam Crane
Jonesville
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Divided Opinion on TVA Seen at Supreme Court
Washington dispatch reports a divided Supreme Court forecast on TVA constitutionality as arguments proceed. After four hours of discussion government counsel defended the Tennessee Valley Authority venture while Alabama Power stockholders argued it encroaches on federal power and states’ rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama Power Company
Stanley Reed
James M. Beck
Forney Johnston
Birmingham
Ala
John Lord O'Brian
New York
TVA
Majestic Theater Christmas Party for Seymour Children
The Majestic Theater will host its annual Christmas party for Seymour youngsters this Saturday at 10 am. About 1,500 school age children from the junior high and other schools are invited. H. R. Wagner, theater manager, has arranged assembly on Second Street with banners for each school. Boy Scouts, high school patrol, and two state police officers will assist in crowd control.
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Majestic Theater
Seymour
H. R. Wagner
Second Street
Francis Murray
County native named to federal Post in Resettlement Administration
J C Cooley, a former Howard County resident and Union Township native, has been named to a federal position in the Resettlement Administration in Washington. He will move to the capital to begin duties teaching cooperative movement principles as part of the government’s educational program. Cooley, born in Jackson County, educated at DePauw University, University of New York, and Franklin College, previously served as Union Township High School principal, contributing to its high standing.
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J.C. Cooley
Kekeme Dispatch
Mr. Cooley
J. C. Cooley
Union Township
United States
Resettlement Administration
Civil Service Department
Washington, D.C
Washington
Cooley
C. Cooley
Jackson County
DePauw University
University of New York
Franklin College
Ohio
Howard County
Milne Kidnapping Mystery Moves Toward Breakthrough
Federal agents searched a tumbledown farm near Doylestown described as the Milne kidnapers hideout as reports circulated that the abduction and torture of the actor writer Milne may be solved before midnight. Four men allegedly abducted Milne from New York and held him captive after luring him into a car.
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Doylestown
Milne
Wrightstown
Careb
New York
Department of Justice
Caleb J. Milne, Jr
News York
Increase In Christmas Bonus Seen Across Industries
AAP survey shows hundreds of companies boosting year end bonuses well above prior years with payments ranging from one week to six months or a full year. The Kansas City city national bank raised all salaries by 10 percent while other firms expanded holiday gifts and dividend boosts, reflecting a broad return of the “bonus army” into Christmas spending.
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Chicago
Dec
Associated Press Today
Omony Eft
City National Bank of Kansas City
Crosby Kemper
Thomas A. Peabody
North Manchester
Ind
Earthquake Felt in Imperial Valley Near El Centro
An earthquake of minor intensity was felt at 11 48 last night in the Imperial Valley. The shock lasted several seconds in El Centro but caused no damage.
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el Centro
Calif
Imperial Valley
Baldwin government seeks new Foreign Secretary in delicate crisis
London reports Baldwin’s government, buoyed by a Commons majority, aims to appoint a new Foreign Secretary to steer foreign policy with League of Nations cooperation. Neville Chamberlain warned of a potential European crisis as domestic calm persists amid backlash over the Italo-Ethiopian peace plan.
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Associated Press
London
Stanley Baldwin
House of Commons
League of Nations
Italy
Neville Chamberlain
Commons
League
Baldwin Frank
Victory Dance Is Celebrated in Mai Tinchet Valley Clash
In Eritrea's Mai Tinchet valley 2000 Askari celebrated a victory after three days of fierce combat with Ethiopians. Italian casualties topped 1,000 dead on both sides, with Ethiopians suffering over 600 killed and Italians 272 including seven white officers. The fighting ended with scattered severities as forces retired.
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Associated Press
Asmara
Eritrea
Mai Tinchet
Takkaze River
Addi Aitecheo
Addi Eneieto
Dembe Guina
Ras Imeru
Dembe Guina Pass
Italy
Askari
Kidnap Threat Clouds Thelma Todd Death Case Rumors
A day of threats and frantic rumors swirled around Thelma Todd after a note and a postcard hinted at possible murder. Police questioned two men after an incident outside a Hollywood club where Todd was present, while investigators examine extortion and enmity links as controversy grows.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Thelma Todd
Alex Hourie
Ero
Fing
Hounie
Hero
Todd
Blaine Steed
Stanley Lupine
Hlounie
Commedienne
Vietin
George W
York
Spoksman
di Cicco
Cafe Trocadero
Miss Todd
Sid Grauman
Matricalmpresario
Monica
Christmas Gift Cigars at Kirseh's Cafe
Boxed cigars and cigarettes for the holidays offered at Kirseh's Cafe with a selection labeled as popular brands and gift boxes available for customers.
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Kirseh
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Jackson
States
Kingery
Tuberculosis Association
Majestic
By Franklin Sturdy
Hoare
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Riley Goble
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Prwping
Sey
Wsmour Water Co
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